Olivia Scarlett Lily Wallis
On the 29th March 2024, our world fell apart and fell into total darkness when we lost Liv. A sea of broken hearts prevailed, shock, disbelief but most of all excruciating pain that physically manifested as a knife piercing the heart. And in those days, weeks and months that followed we came to understand the true meaning of “mad with grief”. Every day thereafter has not been without pain, but also a lived sense of how precious and life truly is, and not to be taken for granted. For everyone who really knew Liv, we feel her all the time, she is there in our dreams, embedded in our thoughts and more so continues to guide us in a way that makes us all better people. Olivia hated sadness, losing her grandmother a few months before her own passing was deeply painful. Olivia felt pain – deeply, as a sensitive, caring loving child and young woman. Not just for people, she passionately valued and cared for animals as much as she did for humans. A vegetarian from a young age, and every Christmas or Birthday her number one choice for a gift was something with “fur”.
Olivia was generous, thoughtful and compassionate – we always knew this, but the depth and lengths she would go for others, really came to light in the conversations and memory sharing , since she left this physical world. The impact Olivia has on lives is extraordinary, even those who only had known her a short time. Never has the saying been more truthfully painful, than the good die young. Olivia was just 25 years old. But somehow we all keep going, we hear Olivia’s voice in our ears and take guidance. She is more than the heartbreak we feel, she is our strength, our conscience, our gratitude and our appreciation.
As her friends and family we have all realised there was one thing we could do – to be more like Liv in how we live. And so that it what we do. In honour of the most beautiful soul,
Olivia’s Mum xx
Livvy’s bench
The bench is our gift from Olivia to you all. It is place to sit and be. To make time to step off this every growing mad world, and make time to appreciate all that we have. The bench is a place to note the seasons from the changing colours and weather. And on those grey days, the flowers are to bring some colour to those days, when the sky and life can feel extra heavy. And to sit and not the seasons, which reflect time, the elapsing of our days. In the end only two things matter in this life – time and love. Livvy’s bench is there to act as a reminder to us all.
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